Neighborhood Engagement Unit

On Thursday, 5/20/21, between 3 and 7pm the Gloversville Police Department will host its first Neighborhood Engagement Unit operation of 2021. The operation will be based in Elk Street Playground on E Fulton and Market Streets. Several community service organizations will be tabling at the park to inform those who attend of services available to them. Cornerstone Mobile Counseling with I Can Breathe And I Will Speak with be providing pizza and Gloversville Enlarged School District will be offering individually wrapped cookies at the park. Rob Constantine Recovery Community and Outreach Center will have a table at the park to provide Narcan training. Participants will be provided with the medication and other materials necessary to reverse an opiate overdose at the conclusion of the training. The Alliance for Positive Health will have opportunities for people to participate in STD testing anonymously. Fidelis Care will have representatives to assist people with health insurance.

In addition to the resources offered at the park, members of the Gloversville Police Department Neighborhood Engagement Unit will pair with representatives from various community organizations and go door to door in the surrounding neighborhoods to provide information to residents about resources available to them and activities at the park. These teams will have literature and handouts for residents. The teams will have free ice cream certificates from Stewarts Shops for children.

The following organizations are also expecting to participate:

Promoting healthy futures through collaboration and education. GCC strives to reduce youth substance use by engaging and supporting the community through education and collaboration to promote and sustain healthy lifestyles.